Palm Handheld computer sites

PALM Handheld Computer Websites

The Leading Step Inc
Educational Games for kids to help them practice their skills.
Grammar Games: Constructor, Shape Up:Geometry, Math Champ, and Spell Champ

Tony Vincent's Learninginhand.com

Handheld computers aren't simply organizers – they are fully functional computers that can run a variety of software applications. Classrooms all over the world are using handhelds for teaching and learning because of their low cost, portability, ease-of-use, and great software.

K12 Handhelds
Different ways to use handheld computers, curriculum ideas and grant opportunities.

eReader.com
A place for free books and to purchase for the Palm

Free e-Books

Memoware
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
Fictionwise
Online Books
Project Gutenberg
University of Virginia Library
ManyBooks

Palm Gear
The source for Palm Powered world.

Freewarepalm.com
Free software and demos for all catagories.

Kathy Schrock's Power in the Palm of your Hand

This page provides educators with resources for effective use of the handheld computer in support of teaching and learning. The site includes supporting Web sites, links to hardware and software sites, books, and training handouts.

http://www.handheldeducation.com/students.html student uses, great Software and Hardware links as well.

Palm Education Site-Education @ pa1mOne

Palm Resources and References
This is a PDF file,open with Acrobat Reader and links will work

Palm Education Pioneer Grants (PEP)

"Palm is committed to understanding how providing a powerful, personal, handheld computer for every student can provide the technology access required to create new classroom practices that can revolutionize the way teachers teach and the way students learn.”
-- Mike Lorion, Vice President of Education, Palm, Inc.

Nea Foundation Grants

The NEA Foundation makes $1,000-3,000 grants to K-12 teachers

SchoolGrants
Helps educators find suitable grants and offers tips for writing grants.

Go Know Software

GoKnow is the premier provider of educational software, curriculum, and professional development for handheld computers.

Education World-Handhelds in the Classroom

Book: Handhelds for Teachers and Administrators

Tom Snyder Productions-A Scholastic Company, Also has grant funding sources and professional development.

Active 2 Go for Teaching and Learning

We have formed a team to bring our professional development planning and implementation expertise to your handheld initiative.

http://www.techteachers.com/handhelds.htm

This is a collection of resources for using handheld computers in the classroom. This includes articles and studies for background information, lesson ideas, free applications to download, tips and tricks and much more. Check back often for new additions.

http://cmsce.rutgers.edu/projects/palm/palm.html

-List of Handheld sites for software at Rutgers University, click on Resources

The Concord Consortium for Handhelds

site for handheld lessons:Palm Applications in Education

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic78.htm Handheld devices in the Classroom

What's the difference between Palms, Handsprings, and other hand held devices?

How can I integrate a GPS device into my classroom?

What's geocaching?

http://handheld.tie.net/
The opportunity to give every child in America access to significant computing on a personal basis is here. Putting a palm-sized computer in every student’s hand will enable educators to unleash learning opportunities afforded by this small, but revolutionary technology. These devices are effective in active learning situations, where students ask questions, gather and analyze information, and share results. Most important, handhelds facilitate a collaborative learning environment. TIE member educators have the opportunity to see how students can use them for organization, writing, document sharing, data collection, visualizations, calculating, assessing, and concept mapping. Be prepared to find ideas and activities that you can use tomorrow with your handheld computer.

http://www.wtvi.com/teks/03_04_articles/competing_visions.html

1 to 1 computing handheld computers

Schools are using handheld computers for a variety of tasks and activities. For example, probeware is available which allow handhelds to be used for scientific data collection and analysis. Other uses include collaboration, graphing calculators, and note taking.

http://www.nationaledtechplan.org/stories/SanAntonio2.asp

Offical site of the National Educational Technology Plan, success stories, the home site is http://www.nationaledtechplan.org/default.asp

http://techintegration.cciu.org/Handhelds/

http://www.intel.com/education/handhelds/teaching_with_HH.htm

Teaching With Handhelds is a collection of eight project ideas showing how handhelds can be used as learning tools. The examples were developed by teachers and shared here for others to adapt and implement in their classrooms.

Center for Innovative Learning and Technology

There is great concern that the increased use of computers in education will only drive another wedge between rich and poor, exacerbating the "digital divide." While schools struggle with this issue, the ongoing revolution in information technologies continues: computers will soon be very inexpensive and ubiquitous. Most people will own several, including toys, TVs, phones, pagers, handhelds, as well as general-purpose computers, and many will

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/31911.html

http://www.rcdaschools.org/listhandhelds.html

A Hotlist on Handheld Computers in Schools created by Darlene Cardillo